The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-07-03

/ The report of the committee on edu-
cation was next read; among other
changes il provides that the wants of
the blind and mute shall be duly con
sidered.
The report of the com uittee on mill
tia contains no material changes
The report of the committee on public
institutions provides that institu tons
shall be provided for the care of the
blind, deaf and dumb, and juvenile Of
tenders as well as of the insane.
This finished the reading of all the
reports submitted. Some discussion
took place as to whether the convention
should go back and re.read the reports
by sections. Some thought the reports
should be printed in order that the
amendments could be fully weighed.
Mr.. Sharp moved that the committee
rise and report progress to the conven-
ton. Carried by vote of SO to %.
Mr.. Game resumed the chair. Mr..
Booth reported the labor of the conf
mittee of the whole, viz. the reading of
all reports submitted for information
only; there must be first, second and
third reading before adoption. A lively
| debate arose on the motion to adjourn !;
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others till 80 to allow further time to
the committees which had not reported.
Mr.. Young urged that there was no use
of meeting until the reports were before
the members in printed shape. Others
commended that with the constitution
OF 1882 before the members, every one
by the aid of pencil, could keep fully
posted on amendments. Mr.. EIdredge
wanted to adjourn over till Tuesday at
noon and so moved. Lost. The motion
to adjourn till 2 pm. was carried.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention was called to order
promptly at ppm. by the president.
who announced that if there was no OBJ
lection the adjournment from the last
session would be treated simply as re-
cess, and the Convention would proceed
to business without the formality of the
roll call.
The committee ON judiciary reported
one article for the Constitution, which
was referred to the committee of. the
whole.
The House then resolved itself into a
committee OF the whole upon motion of
Hon. e. G. Woolley, who was called to
the chair.
The report previously submitted by
the committee on legislative depart
ment was then read and amendments
made. The article provides for the
election of judges, names four circuits
in which courts shall be held, etc.
The committee on ordinance and bill
of rights reported back section
which stated briefly that the Legislature
oh nt1ld 10 cin fnr ri nv
reservations in the Legislative body.
On motion of Hon. James Sharp, the
committee then rose and went into eau
Gus for thirty minutes, at which stage
the reporters promptly left the room.
At 80 the doors were thrown open
and the convention again began the
work of considering the bill of rights.
Mr.. Young suggested that it was alb
surd to make regulations for naval
forces, as they were only possible on
Utah Lake, Great Salt Lake or on the
Jordan. Therefore he wanted it stricken
out.
Mr.. F. s. Richards held there were
navigable waters in Utah, and as it
possibly could do no harm he opposed
it being stricken out. The motion was
lost.
Section IA, which provided for minor
ity representation in the Legislature,
caused a debate. Mr.. Young held that
the principle of minority representation
should be made general and to cover
all civil bodies in the new state. The
convention endorsed this view and the
change was accordingly made.
In article of the bill of rights, Mr..
Hills moved as an amendment the fol-
lowing section:
SEC. SIN all elections in this State
where there are more offices of the same
character to be filed each qualifi, d voter
may cast as many votes for one candidate as
there are officers of the same character to be
elected or may distribute the same among
the cand dates as he shall see fit and the
candidate highest in votes shall be declared
elected.
The proposal brought on debate, in
which Messrs. Hammond and Peery, and
Mr.. Ritter, as chairman of the commit
tee on the bill of rights, participated. !
Mr.. Ritter stated that his committee had |
considered this SUBJECT and had deemed |
it advisable to leave the subject as the |
had done for the reason that |
the committee on elections had adopted |
the apportionment for elections made |
by the Utah Commission by which the |
had received the fairest pos
sible representation. Thus the first |
Legislature was provided with min
nority representation, and the LegiS-
lature was required to provide for it af-
ter by the terms of Section IA, Article l. |
Mr.. Hills thought it should not be
left to the option of tha Legislature but |
that it should be made obligatory.
Mr.. Hammond, while he was favor
able to minority representation in its |
fullest and fairest sense, feared that the |
section proposed would be subject to |
great uncertainty. The terms en-
ployed we're too general and might give |
rise to much trouble IT a provision, |
coveri2g all possible contingencies, were |
submitted, it would be different.
Mr.. Caine doubted the wisdom of this |
section without additional legislation. |
Ii the convention were prepared to make |
a provision for legislative districts and |
for the nature of the representations, all |
right, but it was not wise to burden the |
law with legislation; he |
thought the further details ought to be |
left to the legislature which was re-
CURED by the Constitution to make such |
a provision.
Mr.. Thurman said he saw nothing in
definite in the section. 1t might go into |
greater detail. If minority representa-
ton be a wise provision, then he |
thought it well to place it in the Consti-